Lacock, Wiltshire

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire: The Brew House. The Brew House, as it is known, in the courtyard of Lacock Abbey was one of the additions made by Sir William Sharington when he acquired the building in 1539. Previously Lacock was a monastery. It was secularised after the Reformation. People of the sixteenth century drank beer in preference to water because it was safer. The Brew House was sympathetically restored during the 1970s, having lain derelict for many years. The equipment would still be capable of brewing beer if desired, but it would not be to the standards of the modern brewing industry. However reviled some of today’s makers of beer have the misfortune to be, the absence of hygiene would not be a criticism they would expect to endure. Photographed with a Nikon D700 and a Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.

Lacock Abbey Brew House. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.

Photographed with a Nikon D700 and a Nikkor O.C 35mm f/2 lens, factory converted to AI capability. Earlier I photographed this scene with a 20mm lens. On balance I prefer the result from the 35mm lens.

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor-P 105mm f/2.5 lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D lens.

Photographed at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 35mm DX AF-S f/1.8G lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D lens.

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire (National Trust). Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 lens made circa 1972. 200 ISO; 1/200th; f/8

St. Cyriac's, Lacock, Wiltshire.

Ordnance Survey Bench Mark Flush Bracket S0497, St. Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire A brass Bench Mark. This is set at a known height and was used as a fixed point for mapping and surveying. This was placed by the British Ordnance Survey (OS). The letter and number at the bottom is the code for this particular Bench Mark. With modern technology they are no longer used and are gradually disappearing.

East Street, Lacock, Wiltshire.

Lacock, Wiltshire.

'The Red Lion' is either the most common, or second-most common, pub name in England, according to which survey you choose to believe. Lacock, Wiltshire. Nikon D2Xs and Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR LD lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Nikon D50 and AF-D 85mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Nikon D50 and AF-D 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens.

Photographed at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Nikon D50 and AF 180mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens.

The interior of the summer house in the botanic garden at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.